The police in Imo State are now
investigating how a 27 year old
housewife, Mrs Njideka Okorie eloped
with six months pregnancy and went
into hiding where she was later delivered
of a baby girl which she sold to one
Agatha Okoronkwo at Isieka Ihiala in
Anambra State for N100,000.
Saturday Sun gathered that
Njideka has been married to
Samuel Okorie , for over 10 years. The
marriage was already blessed with four
children while they were expecting the
fifth child, the wife eloped with six months
pregnancy from their home in Orlu, Imo
State.
The housewife also fled her matrimonial
home with the other four children in March
and returned four months after, precisely
on July 5, 2013, with the four kids, but
without the pregnancy of their fifth child.
It was learnt that the inability of Njideka to
explain what happened to their baby led
the husband to lodge a complaint against
her at the Orlu police station.
While confirming the development, the Imo
State Commissioner of Police, Mr
Mohammed Katsina told Saturday Sun
that ," I have to send my 'Police Ambush
Squad' to arrest Njideka Okorie and she
confessed that she delivered the baby on
June 27, 2013 but that she sold it for
N100,000 to one Agatha Okoronkwo .
She said the child is a female and was sold
when she was three weeks old."The police
boss stated that the police detectives
travelled to Isieka Ihiala in Anambra State
to arrest the suspect, Agatha Okoronkwo ,
a civil servant who allegedly bought the
three-week old child.
The complainant, Samuel Okorie told
Saturday Sun that," I was shocked that
before I came to the house, my wife has
eloped with my four children and my six
months old pregnancy she has for me." He
added that "suddenly, she appeared again
after two months . She came with my four
children . But I didn't see the pregnancy
again and there was no baby. I was not
happy and reported the case to Orlu police
station."
Okorie explained that, " It was when my
wife was arrested by the police that she
confessed to have sold a-three week old
baby for N100,000 to a woman in Ihiala in
Anambra State. Thank God that the police
recovered the baby."
"I didn't quarrel or have any
misunderstanding with her. We were living
together in peace. I was surprised that my
wife left the house suddenly ", he added. In
her confessions on why she sold her baby,
Njideka said " It was the work of the devil.
I have never had any misunderstanding
with my husband . I just left suddenly and I
went to deliver the baby and later sold it
for N100,000. I delivered the baby and
sold it after three weeks.
"I came back to my husband's house and
with his four children and he asked me
about the pregnancy but I didn't say
anything. He later went to report the
matter to the police and I was arrested. It
was then that I confessed that I sold the
child for N100,000. The police followed me
to my father's house and they recovered
N78,000 out of the N100,000 I received
from the sale of the child."
In her own explanation, Agatha
Okoronkwo stated that " It was when she
(Njideka) contacted me and I needed a
child. I work at the Red Cross Organization.
I bought the child for N100,000. I needed a
baby and bought the three-week old baby
from her in Owerri.."
The state police commissioner said his
command had recovered the baby and
handed her over to a rehabilitation home.
He said the suspects will soon be charged
to court after thorough investigation.
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